long live
"long-live" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“long live” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used in the subjunctive mood: may he, she, they, or it live for a long time; may it prosper.
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Index EN-long-live · long live · English
long live · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | long live |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “long live” in English
Rare enough to double-check
long live is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Used in the subjunctive mood: may he, she, they, or it live for a long time; may it prosper.".
long live doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is long live, spelled L-O-N-G- -L-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Used in the subjunctive mood: may he, she, they, or it live for a long time; may it prosper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how long live appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Long live the King!
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.